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W. J. DREW.

CARPET SWEEPBR.

No. 870,384. Patented Sept. 27, 1887.

og' a NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

VALTER J. DREW, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE BISSELLCARPET SWEEPER CARPET- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PApplication filed March 12, 1887.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER J. DREW, a citizen of the United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Sweepers, of whichthe following is a specification.

My inventionjrelates to carpetsweepers,v

and the purpose thereof is to provide novel and simple means whereby thepivotal point of attachment of the bail may be shifted from one side ofthe brush-shaft bearing to the other as the handle is swung over the topof the casing to operate the sweeper from opposite sides thereof.

The object of the invention is to avoid the tilting of that side of thesweeper most remote from the operator as the sweeper is drawn toward theperson using it, and in this respect the invention is closely allied toand an improvement upon that contained in a separate applicationexecuted and filed by me of even date herewith and numbered in serial.

The invention consists in connecting the forked extremities of the bailto the opposite ends alternately of similarly-shaped plates, pivotal] yconnected at their opposite alternate ends to the casing, whereby as thehandle is shifted or swung from one side of the casing to the other thepivotal connection of the handle is shifted from one side of the axis ofthe brush-shaft to the other, thus enabling the use of the sweeper fromeither side of the casing and in both directions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an end elevation of asweeper-casing, showing my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2is a frontelevation illustrating a portion of the casing and showing the bailattached. Figs. 8 and 4 are detail perspectives of the parts connectingthe bail to the sweeper in two different positions.

In the said drawings, the reference-numeral l designates thesweeper-casing, which is of any usual construction. Upon the end of thecasing, directly over the journals of the brushshaft, I mount a plate,2, by means of screws 3, said plate having a central lug, 4, projectingoutwardly. From the opposite ends of the plate project lugs or ears 5,which are turned outward from the ends of the sweeper COMPANY, OF SAMEPLACE.

SWEEPER.

atent No. 370,384, dated September 27, 1887.

Serial No. 230.685. (No model.)

and then parallel therewith, extending in opposite directions toward thesides of the casing.

Upon each end of the bail 6 is formed or mounted a plate, 7, which issemicircular in form, or substantially so, though this form is notessential, as the plate might be in the form of two legs of a triangle,or of three sides of a rectangle. The proportions of said plate are suchthat the extremities lie between the lugs 5 and in pivotal engagementtherewith. Upon opposite sides of the plate 7 are placedsimilarly-shaped plates 8 and 9. One end of the plate 8 is pivotallyconnected to the end of the casing by a pivot, 8, and the opposite endis pivotally connected with the corresponding end of the plate 7 by apivot, 7, the latter having no connection with the casing. One end ofthe plate 9 is connected pivotally to the casing by a pin, 9, set in thelug 5, and the opposite end is lpivotally connected to the otherextremity of the plate 7 by a pin, 7", which has no connection with thecasing. If, now, the bail be swung to the right in Fig. 1, the plates 7and 9 will turn upon the pin 9, and the opposite end of the plate 7 willrise and be wholly free from connection with the casing, therebythrowing the pivotal point of connection of the bail upon one side ofthe brush journal. (See Fig. 8.) If, however, the handle be swung to theother side, the. plates 7 and 8 will turn upon the pivot 8, the otherend of plate 7 rising, together-with the corresponding end of the plate8, thereby shifting the pivot-point to the other side of the brush-axis,as shown in Fig. 4.

The lug 4 serves as a rest to support the three plates 7, 8, and 9, andto support the bail in an upright position when raised.

Having thus described my invention, WhatI claim is with the casing, of abail having a branching plates, one on each side thereof, said platesbeing pivotally connected at their alternate opposite ends to the casingonly, and at their fork of the bail, substantially as described.

2. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination,

with the casing having a centrally-connected plate provided with aprojecting rest or lug,

l. In a carpet-sweeper, the combination, l

or forking end, and correspondingly-shaped other ends to the oppositeextremities of the IOO of a bail having divergent arms at each end, Intestimony whereof I aflx my signature in plates upon each side of saidarms and eo'expresence of two wltnesses. tenslve therewith, thedivergent arms being pivoted to alternate opposite ends of said I WALTERJ' DREW 5 plates only, and the latter pivoted at their re Witnesses: Y

maning ends to the casing, substantially as ARTHUR C. DENIsoN,

described. EMILY A. PELTON.

